OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# advocar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advōcāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əd.buˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əd.voˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ad.voˈkaɾ]

### Verb

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquí, past participle advocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to advocate

#### Related terms

* advocat
* veu

#### Further reading

* “advocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Verb

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquei, past participle advocado)
* Obsolete spelling of avocar.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of abogar and avocar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adboˈkaɾ/ [að̞.β̞oˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ad‧vo‧car

### Verb

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoqué, past participle advocado)
* (transitive, obsolete) to advocate
* (transitive, obsolete) to defend in court

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Related terms

* advocación
* voz

### Further reading

* “advocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# maluśko
## Polish
### Etymology

From maluśki +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈluɕ.kɔ/
* Rhymes: -uɕkɔ
* Syllabification: ma‧luś‧ko

### Adverb

maluśko (comparative bardziej maluśko, superlative najbardziej maluśko)
* diminutive of mało

#### Related terms

* maluśki

### Further reading

* maluśko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# przekornik
## Polish
### Etymology

From przekora +‎ -nik. First attested in 1845.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʂɛˈkɔr.ɲik/
* Rhymes: -ɔrɲik
* Syllabification: prze‧kor‧nik

### Noun

przekornik m pers
* (dated) contrarian, maverick (disagreeable, cheeky or spiteful person)
** 1887, Jadwiga Luszczewska, Wanda, page 48:O co najmniej dbamy, Tego nam los przekornik najobficiéj zsyła.What we care about the least, that spiteful fate sends us the most of.
** 1933, Wacław Gąsiorowski, Interregnum (Bezkrólewie): powieść historyczna z XVIII wieku:Toż był on, dawny pazik Kurlandzkiego Księcia, przekornik nadąsany, Pułaski, Kazimierz Pułaski!That was him, Priest Kurlandzki's page boy, a petulant contrarian, Pułaski, Kazimierz Pułaski!
** 1979, Jan Koprowski, Opowieść o moim ojcu:Grada znał z innej zupełnie strony. Jako wiecznego żartownisia, wesołka, przecherę i przekornika.He knew Grad in a completely different way. As a life-long jokester, merrymaker, arguer, and contrarian.
** 1998, Karol Irzykowski, Pisma rozproszone: 1923–1931:A Grzymała-Siedlecki dodaje jeszcze, że pan jest największy przekornik... Bo Siedlecki nie chce sobie wyobrazić, że ja mógłbym mieć własne źródło przekonań; woli sądzić, że jestem odwrotnym kurkiem na kościele.And Grzymała-Siedlicki adds further that you are the biggest contrarian... Because Siedlecki doesn't want to imagine that I could have my own source of beliefs; he prefers to believe that I am a backwards weathercock.
** 2019 June 7, Angus Watson, translated by Maciej Pawlak, Ziemi tej nie opuścisz [The Land You Never Leave], Fabryka Słów Sp. z o.o., →ISBN:Był również brudny, jakby specjalnie wymazał się ziemią. To powszechna praktyka przekorników, zastępowali nią kąpiel.He was also filthy, as if he’d rubbed himself with dirt. That was normal practice for a reverser, in place of washing.

#### Related terms

* przekorny
* przekornie
* przekora
* przekorność
* na przekór

### References

* ↑ Sylwan‎ (in Polish), 1845, page 405

### Further reading

* przekornik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# górnik
## Polish
### Etymology

From góra +‎ -nik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡur.ɲik/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -urɲik
* Syllabification: gór‧nik
* Homophones: Górnik, Gurnik

### Noun

górnik m pers (female equivalent górniczka, diminutive górniczek)
* (mining) miner (person who works in a mine)
* (obsolete) person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain
    Synonyms: góral, gorol

#### Derived terms

* górniczy
* górnictwo

#### Related terms

* górniczo

### Further reading

* górnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* górnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# tuptać
## Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtup.tat͡ɕ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uptat͡ɕ
* Syllabification: tup‧tać

### Verb

tuptać impf
* (intransitive, colloquial) to mince, to toddle, to waddle (walk with short steps)
    Synonyms: dreptać, drobić

#### Derived terms

* tuptuś

#### Related terms

* tupot

### Further reading

* tuptać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# banjir
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay banjir, from Javanese ꦧꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦂ (banjir). From Sanskrit [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈband͡ʒir/ [ˈban.d͡ʒɪr]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -and͡ʒir
* Syllabification: ban‧jir

### Verb

banjir
* to flood, to overflow

### Noun

banjir (plural banjir-banjir)
* flood (overflow of water)

### Derived terms

* kebanjiran
* membanjir
* membanjiri
* banjir bandang
* banjir bulanan
* banjir darah
* banjir kiriman
* banjir maksimum
* banjir rob
* banjir tahunan
* banjir tahunan minimum

### Further reading

* “banjir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

banjir
* Romanization of ꦧꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦂ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* بنجير

### Etymology

From Javanese banjir. From Sanskrit [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /band͡ʒir/
* Rhymes: -and͡ʒir, -d͡ʒir, -ir
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [bäɲ.d͡ʒɪː -d͡ʒeː -d͡ʒe̞ː]

### Noun

banjir (Jawi spelling بنجير, plural banjir-banjir)
* flood (overflow of water)
    Synonym: bah

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: banjir (inherited)

#### Further reading

* “banjir” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
# rapoy
## Yami
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuʀ (“hearth”).

### Verb

rapoy
* to start a fire

#### Derived terms

* rarapoyan (“cookstove”)

### References

* “rapoy”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014
# οξείδιο
## Greek
### Noun

οξείδιο • (oxeídio) n (plural οξείδια)
* oxide

#### Related terms

* ανοξείδωτος (anoxeídotos, “rustless, stainless”, adjective)
* οξυγόνο n (oxygóno, “oxygen”)

#### Further reading

* οξείδιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
# вредети
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* врије́дити (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *verděti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋrěːdeti/
* Hyphenation: вре‧де‧ти

### Verb

вре́дети impf (Latin spelling vrédeti)
* (intransitive) to be worth
* (intransitive) to be worthwhile
* (intransitive) to be valid, be in effect

#### Derived terms

* завре́дути
* обезвре́дити
* повре́дити
* привре́дити
* увре́дити

### References

* “вредети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# վտանգ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վտանգ (vtang)

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /vəˈtɑnɡ/, [vətɑ́ŋɡ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /vəˈdɑnk/, [vədɑ́ŋkʰ]

### Noun

վտանգ • (vtang)
* danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard
    վտանգն անցավ ― vtangn ancʻav ― the danger passed

#### Related terms

* անվտանգ (anvtang)
* վտանգավոր (vtangavor)
* վտանգաբեր (vtangaber)
* վտանգել (vtangel)
* անվտանգ (anvtang)

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* վտանկ (vtank)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian *vitang, from Old Persian *vitanka- (“hardship, peril, misfortune”), composed of the preverb *vi- (“down”) and the root *tanč- (“to twist (together), become narrow, dense, constrict”). Compare also from this root Middle Persian tng (tang, “narrow”) and Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). See also թանձր (tʻanjr).

### Noun

վտանգ • (vtang)
* peril, danger, risk, chance, hazard, ill, misfortune
    վտանգաւ ― vtangaw ― perilously, hazardously, dangerously
    ի վտանգ արկանել, դնել ի վտանգի, մատնել ի վտանգ ― i vtang arkanel, dnel i vtangi, matnel i vtang ― to put in jeopardy, to endanger, to compromise
    ի վտանգ արկանել զանձն ― i vtang arkanel zanjn ― to put oneself in jeopardy, to risk or venture oneself
    ի վտանգի լինել ― i vtangi linel ― to be in jeopardy, to incur danger, to run risk
    խուսել, փրկել ի վտանգից ― xusel, pʻrkel i vtangicʻ ― to shun danger, to avoid perils
    նաւն ի վտանգի կայր խորտակել ― nawn i vtangi kayr xortakel ― the ship was in danger of being wrecked
    վտանգ ի վերայ կայր նորա ― vtang i veray kayr nora ― he was in peril
    վտանգ է նմա ― vtang ē nma ― he is in danger, he runs the risk of
    վտանգաւ կենացն ― vtangaw kenacʻn ― at the risk of his life
    վտանգաւ անձինս ― vtangaw anjins ― at the peril of my life
* punishment
* (as an adjective) sick, ill

#### Derived terms

* անվտանգ (anvtang)
* անվտանգաւոր (anvtangawor)
* անվտանգելի (anvtangeli)
* բազմավտանգ (bazmavtang)
* վտանգագործ (vtangagorc)
* վտանգալի (vtangali)
* վտանգալից (vtangalicʻ)
* վտանգական (vtangakan)
* վտանգակիր (vtangakir)
* վտանգակից (vtangakicʻ)
* վտանգաւոր (vtangawor)
* վտանգեմ (vtangem)
* վտանգեցուցանեմ (vtangecʻucʻanem)
* վտանգեցուցիչ (vtangecʻucʻičʻ)
* վտանգիմ (vtangim)
* վտանգութիւն (vtangutʻiwn)
* վտանգումն (vtangumn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: վտանգ (vtang)

### References

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վտանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վտանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
# tynenne
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtyː.nen.ne/

### Verb

tȳnenne
* inflected infinitive of tȳnan
# ontynaþ
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonˌtyː.nɑθ/

### Verb

ontȳnaþ
* inflection of ontȳnan:
** plural present indicative
** plural imperative
# עכאָיִרן
## Yiddish
### Alternative forms

* עכאָאירן (ekhoirn)

### Etymology

* עכאָ (ekho, “echo”) +‎ ־ירן (-irn)

### Pronunciation

* (YIVO) IPA: /ɛχɔˈɪʁn̩/

### Verb

עכאָיִרן • (ekhoirn) (past participle עכאָיִרט (ekhoirt))
* to echo
# thánh nữ
## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聖女.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [tʰajŋ̟˧˦ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
* (Huế) IPA: [tʰɛɲ˦˧˥ nɨ˧˨]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tʰan˦˥ nɨ˨˩˦]

### Noun

thánh nữ
* saintess; female saint
# ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦃ
## Javanese
### Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.rɪh/
* Rhymes: -rɪh
* Hyphenation: si‧rih

### Adjective

ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦃ (sirih)
* (dialect) calm
* (dialect) patient

### Further reading

* “sirih” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
# इटली
## Hindi

Picture dictionary :
इटली
यूरोप
जर्मनी
फ़्राँस
स्पेन
जिब्राल्टर
जर्सी
ब्रिटेन
इटली
रूस
यूनान
उत्तर मैसिडोनिया
कोसोवो
तुर्की
पोलैंड
कालिनिनग्राद
लातविया
लिथुआनिया
एस्टोनिया
स्वीडन
नॉर्वे
फ़िनलैंड
स्विट्ज़रलैंड
मोनाको
अंडोरा
कोर्सिका
लिख्टेंश्टाइन
ऑस्ट्रिया
चेक गणराज्य
स्लोवाकिया
हंगरी
स्लोवेनिया
सर्बिया
बुल्गारिया
अल्बानिया
मोंटेनीगरो
सैन मैरिनो
वेटिकन
क्रोएशिया
बोसनिया हर्ज़ेगोविना
माल्टा
साइप्रस
आर्मीनिया
जॉर्जिया
आज़र्बैजान
रोमानिया
यूक्रेन
बेलारूस
पुर्तगाल
नीदरलैंड
डेनमार्क
बेल्जियम
आयरलैंड
उत्तरी आयरलैंड
वेल्स
इंग्लैंड
स्कॉटलैंड
फ़रो आइलैंड्स
आइसलैंड
शाम
भूमध्य सागर
कृष्ण सागर
उत्तरी सागर
अटलांटिक महासागर :

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Italy.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɪ.ʈə.liː/, [ɪ.ʈɐ.liː], /ɪʈ.liː/

### Proper noun

इटली • (iṭalī or iṭlī) m (Urdu spelling اٹلی)
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: इतालिया (itāliyā)
# underginnaþ
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈun.derˌjin.nɑθ/

### Verb

underġinnaþ
* inflection of underġinnan:
** plural present indicative
** plural imperative
# underginst
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈun.derˌjinst/

### Verb

underġinst
* second-person singular present indicative of underġinnan
# undergunnen
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌun.derˈɡun.nen/

### Verb

undergunnen
* plural preterite subjunctive of underġinnan

### Participle

undergunnen
* past participle of underġinnan
# aginnan
## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀginnan, from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną. Equivalent to ā- (“indicates the start of an action”) +‎ *ginnan (“to begin”)

### Verb

āginnan
* to begin
    Synonym: biginnan
** c. 1100 CE, Hebban olla vogala:
    Hebban olla uogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic enda thu uuat unbidan uue nuAll birds have begun nests, except for me and you, what are we waiting for now?

#### Further reading

* “āginnan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ *ginnan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈjin.nɑn/

### Verb

āġinnan
* to begin, undertake

#### Related terms

* anginnan
* beginnan
* onginnan
* underginnan
# angann
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnˌɡɑnn/, [ˈɑnˌɡɑn]

### Verb

angann
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of anġinnan
# atent
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əˈten]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əˈtent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈtent]

### Adjective

atent (feminine atenta, masculine plural atents, feminine plural atentes)
* attentive

#### Derived terms

* atentament

### Further reading

* “atent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “atent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “atent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “atent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Low German
### Verb

atent
* past participle of aten

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːˌtent/

### Verb

ātent
* third-person singular present indicative of ātendan

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attentus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtent/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

atent m or n (feminine singular atentă, masculine plural atenți, feminine and neuter plural atente)
* attentive
* prudent, careful, cautious
    Synonyms: precaut, prudent, îngrijit
* regardful, heedful
* considerate
* thorough

#### Related terms

* atenție
# gagah
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese gagah via Malay gagah, , probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(k)uːɡaʔ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡah/
* Rhymes: -ɡah, -ah, -h
* Hyphenation: ga‧gah

### Adjective

gagah (superlative tergagah, equative segagah)
* strong, powerful
* majestic

#### Derived terms

* bergagah-gagahan
* digagahi
* kegagahan
* menggagah
* menggagahi
* menggagahkan
* segagah
* gagah berani
* gagah perkasa

### Further reading

* “gagah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# bannas
## English
### Noun

bannas
* plural of banna

## Maltese

* Root
* b-n-s
* 2 terms

### Etymology

Denominal verb of bans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.nas/

### Verb

bannas (imperfect jbannas, past participle mbannas, verbal noun tbannis)
* to assert repeatedly

#### Conjugation
## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

bannas m (genitive singular bannais)
* (Lewis, Harris, North Uist, Skye, collective) gums (of the mouth)
    Synonym: càirean
* palate

## Swedish
### Noun

bannas
* indefinite genitive singular of banna

### Verb

bannas
* passive infinitive of banna
* present passive of banna

### Anagrams

* banans
# onbryrt
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonˌbryrt/, [ˈonˌbryrˠt]

### Verb

onbryrt
* third-person singular present indicative of onbryrdan
# onlihtest
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonˌliːx.test/

### Verb

onlīhtest
* second-person singular present/preterite indicative of onlīhtan
# inliht
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈinˌliːxt/

### Verb

inlīht
* inflection of inlīhtan:
** third-person singular present indicative
** singular imperative
# inlihtende
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈliːx.ten.de/

### Participle

inlīhtende
* present participle of inlīhtan
# lihte
## Middle English
### Noun

lihte
* Alternative form of light

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːx.te/

### Verb

līhte
* inflection of līhtan:
** first-person singular present/preterite indicative
** third-person singular preterite indicative
** singular present/preterite subjunctive
# liehtaþ
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli͜yːx.tɑθ/

### Verb

līehtaþ
* inflection of līehtan:
** plural present indicative
** plural imperative
# huìyì
## Mandarin
### Romanization

huìyì (Zhuyin ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 會議 / 会议
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 會意 / 会意
# biyolohiya
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* byolohiya — superseded, pre-2007

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish biología (“biology”), from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation, narrative”) + -ία (-ía). Piecewise doublet of soolohiya.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /bioloˈhia/ [bjo.loˈhiː.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Syllabification: bi‧yo‧lo‧hi‧ya

### Noun

biyolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)
* biology
    Synonyms: (neologism) haynayan, (neologism) aghambuhay, (neologism) agbuhay
** 2005, Kayamanan Iv' 2005 Ed.‎, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:Ang pag-aaral ukol sa mga pananim at mga hayop ay tinatalakay sa biyolohiya.The study of crops and animals are discussed in biology.

#### Related terms

* abiyolohiya
* antibiyotiko
* biyograpiya
* biyologo
* biyopisika
* biyopsiya
* mikrobyo

### Further reading

* “biyolohiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
# disheartening
## English
### Adjective

disheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening)
* Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
    Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
    Antonym: heartening

#### Derived terms

* dishearteningly

#### Translations
### Verb

disheartening
* present participle and gerund of dishearten
# sexlessly
## English
### Etymology

From sexless +‎ -ly.

### Adverb

sexlessly (comparative more sexlessly, superlative most sexlessly)
* In a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal.
** 2009 January 25, Sarah Lyall, “Is That You, Sherlock?”, in The New York Times‎:That Holmes occasionally wielded guns, leapt out of carriages and rushed through the fog with Errol Flynnesque panache, but mostly he was a giant brain inside a tweed suit, sexlessly debonair in the way Hollywood liked its leading men in the 1930s and 1940s.
# xanthobaccin
## English
### Noun

xanthobaccin (plural xanthobaccins)
* An antifungal compound produced by certain bacterial strains.
# curveball
## English
### Etymology

From curve +‎ ball.

### Noun

curveball (plural curveballs)
* (baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
    Synonyms: (slang) curve, (slang) deuce, (slang) yakker
    He bit on a curveball in the dirt.
* (by extension, chiefly US) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier.
    Synonym: twist
    Life has thrown him a few curveballs.
** 2015 March 10, David Sims, “Without Sam Simon, 'The Simpsons' Wouldn't Be What It Is Today”, in The Atlantic‎:The season’s first episode, “Bart Gets an F,” got the highest ratings in its history, but “Treehouse of Horror” was the real curveball: a genre-busting effort that proudly punched above the show’s expectations.
** 2016 December 6, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Culture Wars in the Grammy Album Nominations”, in The Atlantic‎:There are two curveball nominations, one perhaps a popularity bid and the other a credibility bid. The popular one is Bieber’s Purpose.
** 2017 June 13, Stephen Moss, “June likes to throw a curveball now and again”, in The Guardian‎:But from time to time, June throws up a curveball, in the shape of unusual and hard to predict meteorological events.
** 2021 June 11, Ezra Klein, “Sam Altman on the A.I. Revolution, Trillionaires and the Future of Political Power” (32:37 from the start), in The Ezra Klein Show‎ (podcast), spoken by Sam Altman:And I think that’s an example of where faced with a seemingly intractable political reality, technology produces a solution that is a total curveball and not that imaginable a few decades ago.

#### Coordinate terms

* (baseball): fastball, hardball, slider, cut fastball, two-seam fastball, split-finger fastball, sinker, screwball, softball, knuckleball

#### Derived terms

* curveballer
* throw someone a curveball

#### See also

* throw someone a curve

### Verb

curveball (third-person singular simple present curveballs, present participle curveballing, simple past and past participle curveballed)
* (baseball) To throw a curveball.
** 2006, William F. McNeil, The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball, McFarland, →ISBN, page 21:Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell.
** 2009, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, Random House, →ISBN, page 566:The news curveballed him. He'd been hamstrung and schizzed all the preceding weeks. He brooded in his den.

### See also

* knee-buckler
* bender
* breaking pitch
* yakker

### Further reading

* curveball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “curveball n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present